Question

Under the homestead act, land would be given to settlers by the ________.

A. GOVERNMENT
B. LAND ACT
C. NATIVE AMERICANS

Answer 1

government

Step-by-step explanation:

The was to get rid of land owed by the government

Answer 2

Signed into law in May 1862, the Homestead Act opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. ... The Homestead Act (May 20, 1862) set in motion a program of public land grants to small farmers.